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Clearly thrilled, Rae gasps, then smiles wide for a selfie with them.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
21 Jan. 2025 -
Lisa Warwick found her husband gasping for air at the foot of the basement stairs and knew the miracle was over.—
J. David McSwane,
ProPublica,
7 Dec. 2024
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This causes children to wheeze and have all sorts of noisy breathing.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
15 Jan. 2025
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The Heat, wheezing into town after a double-overtime loss in Sacramento the night before, didn’t have Jimmy Butler and beat the Warriors by 16 points, capping a 3-3 homestand that felt more disastrous than decent considering context.—
Anthony Slater,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
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Dark gray smoke puffed into the sky behind him as Tiptoe the African sulcata tortoise crunched on the green lawn beneath him.—
Alina Hartounian,
NPR,
14 Jan. 2025
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Gong Yoo makes the Recruiter a figure of unchecked force in this scene, puffed up on memories of his past slaughters and still covered in the remains of his last victim, and his reactions provide this The Deer Hunter-evoking final round of Russian roulette its grotesque power.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
26 Dec. 2024
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When southern Spain trembles in heat, when dogs seem to be panting their last breaths in narrow bands of shade in the white villages of Andalusia, northern Spain keeps cool.—
Stanley Stewart,
airmail.news,
31 Aug. 2024
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Hundreds of Walmart shoppers have awarded the top and pants five-star ratings.—
Shea Simmons,
People.com,
16 Dec. 2024
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And of course, Dennis Hopper, huffing nitrous oxide as rapist, gang leader Frank Booth is a vision of male bestiality ripped out of a Francis Bacon painting (Lynch has acknowledged Bacon as a key influence on his work).—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
16 Jan. 2025
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Out front, Pastor Rodney Freeman and several volunteers — bundled up in thick winter coats, huffing out little clouds of breath — rush to set up the Bountiful Blessings food pantry.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Jan. 2025
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It is inspired by the extraordinary real-life story of Mathias Rust, a young West German teenager in 1987 who shocked the world by flying through Soviet air defences and landed a Cessna aeroplane right in the middle of the Red Square.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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Jian DeLeon, men’s fashion director, Nordstrom Favorite collections: Lemaire, Sacai, Rick Owens, Kiko Kostadinov, Dior Best show format: Louis Vuitton’s archival exhibition featuring the collectibles from Pharrell and Nigo’s archives that inspired the show.—
Rhonda Richford,
WWD,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Suspire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suspire. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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